Christmas Day Pups!

It is 17 degrees outside: Sorry, but the baby puppies are NOT in this video, and I, as the fearless leader, sound a whole LOT more enthusiastic about the foot of snow than I really feel! But RedTeddys are indomitable snowdogs, they love it until it makes the fur between their toe pads freeze, then it's time to go back in. And play with the baby puppies.

These two RedTeddy Pup videos below were shot about 30 minutes apart. The two tired pups in the first are out and active in the second. In the interim everyone snoozed. Only Bear Tail cannot stay asleep when others are active, she is up for both, but she is also lying down most of the time for the second video, happily gnawing on and being gnawed on by a pal. Our little girl Spot is so happy to be alive and awake in the second video! Such is life!

The pups are so excited now that they can run (sort of) and play! All our older dogs adore them. That's our new Boy Toy Billy playing in the video clip below. And he is a Boy Toy - in both senses! He's a male Toy Poodle, but he is also handsome, adorable and ultimately (we hope) very studly too!

Below, our Christmas pups are 4 weeks old now. Notice how they stay in their crate, with its sides about 4 inches? That won't last much longer! Still a little tentative, the rest of the pack is making sure these little fellows know they are deeply loved and cared for.

Christmas puppies are moving around and exploring. Little Bear continues to mommy them as Tasha looks on (or nods off) on the couch. It's nice to have a willing babysitter on-hand!

Whoever says animals don't have emotions is nuts: Little Bear, the smaller of our two new girls, finally gets a chance to play with the pups on her own. And that's one happy dog and two nutty puppies!

January 17 - One of our new young pups always seems to be the most interested in Tasha's new litter. We have not figured out the right name for this little one. Below she looks on longingly, like a little girl admiring a friend's doll as the baby puppies get ready to nurse. Up close this 4 month old Redteddy looks like one of the Berenstein Bears in the children's books - but we have not yet figured out a good name for her. Any ideas?

January 16, the Christmas puppies try out their new den/play area - Pup 1: "Will your head fit in my mouth?"﻿Pup 2 "I don't know, let's try it and see!"

January 15, 2015: The pups are just shy of three weeks of age. Below is the first time they've been away from their den. Only one 'guest' is allowed to meet them, the smallest of our three new 4 month olds. The older pup is enchanted, and one of Tasha's tries to nurse her rather then mommy Tasha!